Trollied

Trollied
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Anne Marie O'Connor Paul Doolan Ash Atalla (uncredited)
Written by	Paul Doolan Chris Haywood Anne Marie O'Connor Nat Saunders Julie Rutterford Ben Edwards Stuart Farrell Rachael New Adrian Poynton Abigail Wilson
Directed by	Paul Walker (Series 1-2) Jonathan Gershfield (Series 2-) Paul Murphy (Series 2-) Paul Harrison (Series 3-)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	44 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	Sue Howells (Series 1) Rachel Salter (Series 2) Alexander Smith (Series 3-)
Editor(s)	Mark Davies (Series 1) Nick Ames (Series 1-2) Tim Marchant (series 2-) Nigel Cattle (Series 3-)
Running time	30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)	Roughcut TV
Broadcast
Original channel	Sky 1
Picture format	16:9 (1080i HDTV)
Original run	4 August 2011 (2011-08-04) – present
External links
Official website

Trollied is a British sitcom about employees in a fictional supermarket named "Valco", which debuted on Sky 1 on 4 August 2011 at 9:00pm, and is the first sitcom made for Sky 1 since Time Gentlemen Please in 2002. The series was filmed in a purpose-built replica supermarket in the Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol throughout April and May 2011 for the first series with the second series being filmed in June and July 2012.^[1][2]

At the conclusion of series 1, Sky 1 confirmed that the series had been recommissioned for two additional series of 13 episodes each, and a Christmas Special in 2012. The third series began airing from 22 August 2013 and ended on 7 November 2013. A second Christmas Special for 2013 aired on 24 December 2013.^[3] On 20 March 2014 it was announced that Sky had commissioned a fourth series of Trollied which aired in October 2014.^[4] The fourth series started filming in Bristol in June 2014 and began transmission on 3 November 2014 and concluded on 22 December 2014.^[5]

Plot summary

The show takes place in the fictional supermarket of Valco in Warrington, where the hapless staff deal with the everyday problems of running a value supermarket in the north west of England. The show explores the relationships between the staff, customers and managers as romances and rivalries blossom on the shop floor, along with a realistic supermarket atmosphere that customers and store employees in reality can relate to. This includes customer stereotypes and rivalries with other store branches such as Valco in Wigan.

Characters

Reception

Following the debut of Trollied, Ian Richardson, manager of Morrisons supermarket in Thornbury, wrote an article in The Guardian newspaper, saying the show was the topic of the discussion in the staff canteen and that he felt the attention to detail on the set was excellent, making a realistic setting. In Mr Richardson’s article he commented that the show portrayed many similarities with his supermarket, but he could not relate to the use of bad language on the shop floor or poor customer service levels. He felt that it was a shame there was not more customer interaction.^[6]

DVD releases

• Series One was released as a 2 disc set on 17 October 2011.^[7]
• Series Two and The Christmas Special 2012 was released as a 2 disc set on 31 December 2012.^[8]
• Series Three and The Christmas Special 2013 was released as a 2 disc set on 30 December 2013.^[9]
• Series One, Two and Three was released as a 6 disc set on 6 October 2014.^[10]
• Series Four was released as a 2 disc set on 5 January 2015.^[11]

References

External links

• Official website
• Trollied at the Internet Movie Database
• Trollied at the British Comedy Guide